Toms Canyon run

SkunkBoat · #1 08-10-2016, 07:29 AM

My brother and I borrowed the 23 Sea Hunt again. Awesome weather window so we went out Monday afternoon and stayed overnight, 85 miles east in a 23 cc.
Got some nice mahi on the pot markers and our first white marlin before sunset.
We thought we would have lots of company out there but we were alone all night. Glassy calm, beautiful. hundreds of pilot whales. no tuna, just relentless sharks. Using circle hooks and 60# mono leaders we got a 100# hammerhead and dusky to the boat and had multiple bite offs.

Morning got us 3 more marlin bites that released themselves in the air.
Then some more mahi. We tried deep dropping for Tilefish in 600ft but only a few lite nibbles from something small.

Blue_Runner · #2 08-10-2016, 08:20 AM

Nice haul Skunk! #strong!

bradford · #3 08-10-2016, 08:20 AM

Awesome! I would imagine it being eery and beautiful at the same time being that far off at night and the only boat around.

kamikaze · #4 08-10-2016, 02:55 PM

Skunkboat:

Next time you get one of those dirty whites boys to the boat. Throw him in the box. They are rather good eating in my opinion!

Kamik

SkunkBoat · #5 08-10-2016, 07:51 PM

I was a little tired when I posted so I kept it short. Haven't had time to do a video, just pulled out some quick pictures.

Report wise, NJ canyons are on fire with white marlin, tuna of any kind are a random event, though there is a hot bite in Massey canyon which is South Jersey/Delaware. Never been there but I think Massey is a md-range spot, not really a continental shelf canyon.(you trailer queens might want to consider a trip to Cape May?)

We went straight line from Barnegat Inlet to Toms Canyon. We saw jumping spanish mackeral passing over the Fingers at 30 miles. We hit blue water at the 60 mile mark. We saw jumping skipjack and/or little tuny right at the color change. Gave it a circle with some lines back, got nothing and continued on.(we trolled the same spot on the way in for 30 minutes, no life)

We burned 74 gallons running out & in at 35 mph and trolling all edges and across the canyon. Yamaha F250. Love the ride of that boat but haven't been in it when the spray was a factor. Not a fan of any center console and that one has no deck space.

heres a picture of my brother's cooler...half of our cleaned haul.
the blue claws were in the trap at the dock when we got in.

SkunkBoat · #6 08-10-2016, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kamikaze

Skunkboat:

Next time you get one of those dirty whites boys to the boat. Throw him in the box. They are rather good eating in my opinion!

Kamik

I've had smoked sailfish dip that was pretty damn good. ( it was a bleeder that couldn't be revived).
You need to get a 4 stroke on that V and get out to Baltimore Canyon for some Bigeye

SkunkBoat · #7 08-11-2016, 08:48 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSIAGa00aDQ

Kracker Jack · #8 08-12-2016, 06:22 AM

Heres a piece of Whitey that came from a kill tournament in Ocean city a couple weeks ago. Its pretty meat! Grills and cooks decent almost like a bigger drum tough pork choppy like. But it smokes amazing! We have so many out of va beach we kill one once a year to smoke

bradford · #9 08-12-2016, 07:43 AM

Sweet video Skunk!